HMS Northumberland (F238)
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| HMS Northumberland (F238) | |
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| Career |  |
| Ordered: | December 1989 |
| Laid down: | 4 April 1991 |
| Launched: | 4 April 1992 |
| Commissioned: | 29 November 1994 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2007 |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,900 tonnes |
| Length: | 133 m (463 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.1 m (52.9 ft) |
| Draught: | |
| Propulsion: | CODLAG (Combined Diesel-eLectric And Gas) 2 Rolls-Royce Spey boost gas-turbines 4 Paxman Valenta diesel engines 2 GEC electric motors |
| Speed: | |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 185 |
| Armament: | 2 ASuW Harpoon quad launchers Vertical launch system Sea Wolf missiles BAE 4.5 inch (110 mm) Mk 8 gun 2 Oerlikon 30 mm guns 4 Sting Ray torpedo tubes Seagnat and DFL3 decoy launchers |
| Aircraft: | Merlin |
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See HMS Northumberland for other ships of the same name.
HMS Northumberland (F238) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. She moored along the north side of HMS Belfast during April 2007 as part of the 200th anniversary of the Slave Trade Act 1807 (image), and was open to the public with a display on modern anti-slaving operations in which she and other ships of the Royal Navy take part.
| Type 23 frigate |
| Norfolk | Argyll | Lancaster | Marlborough | Iron Duke | Monmouth | Montrose | Westminster | Northumberland | Richmond | Somerset | Grafton | Sutherland | Kent | Portland | St Albans |
List of frigates of the Royal Navy |
